Convex Figures and Erdőos’ Function Sα(F)

Abstract

Every book eventually reaches its ending (even War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy!). I thought Chapter 9 would conclude this book when I sent copies of themanuscript to four colleagueswhowrote introductions for this book. Their input was most valuable; this is not just a polite thank you for their time. Their comments have aided me considerably in improving the book. You write a book in solitude, jumping from anxiety (“Nobody will like my baby!”) to arrogance (as Michel de Montaigne put it about readership, “Few are enough for me; one will suffice, yea, less than one will content me”).